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Moville

Bun an Phobail

Moville is a town in Donegal. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationMoville55.19147° N · 7.03875° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

The name

bun(river-)mouth, bottom(-land)

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • Bun an Phobail · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Moville · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Town
County
Donegal
Civil parish
Moville Lower
Coordinates
55.19147, -7.03875
Logainm ID
15338 ↗

Population over time

Moville — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

1,431people · 2022

05001K1.5K2K 2016: 1,480 people20162022: 1,431 people2022

Both counts use the 2016 settlement boundary, allowing like-for-like comparison. CSO supplies the 2022 count on this older boundary for comparison only. The official 2022 Built Up Area has different boundaries.

View population figures
Moville — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census yearPopulation
20161,480
20221,431

Source: CSO Census 2022 Profile 1 — Appendix Table 1: Census 2022 De Facto Population for the 2016 Towns · Supporting source 1. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Other census areas and years

These figures use different area definitions. Read the boundary note before comparing them.

Moville, Donegal

Published census settlement populations

1,480people · 2016

Settlement boundaries changed during this period. Differences may reflect boundary changes as well as population change. Where a 2011 legal-town-and-environs count is shown, it has not been recalculated onto the 2016 settlement boundary.

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Moville, Donegal — census population
Census yearPopulation
20111,481
20161,480

Source: CSO E2016 — Population and Actual and Percentage Change 2011 to 2016. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Moville, Co Donegal — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

1,390people · 2022

Built Up Areas use a new land-use definition. Their population figures cannot be compared directly with Census 2016 settlement counts.

View population figures
Moville, Co Donegal — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census yearPopulation
20221,390

Source: CSO F1015 — Population, Census 2022 Built Up Areas. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Moville. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.